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Spider's Scat Disguise May Be Its Salvation
Aug 5, 2014
Spiders in Taiwan disguise themselves as bird droppings to avoid being eaten by wasps.
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Spiders Use Bird Dropping Disguise to Escape Predatory Wasps
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Masquerading as a bird turd appears to protect certain arachnids from getting eaten by wasps. Karen Hopkin reports
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